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To: staytrue

You still haven't answered my question as to what "sieg heil"--a Nazi greeting--has to do with the Southern cause during the War Between the States. Are you trying to equate the Confederacy with Nazi Germany? This would be quite a stretch. For one thing, Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Secretary of State and probably the number two man in the Confederate government, was Jewish. It would be more than a century before the US would appoint a Jewish Secretary of State.


52 posted on 06/23/2006 1:56:21 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

in the movie apocalypse now there is a famous line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

to those who support the confederacy, I love the smell of of one of those supporters burning up in anger.

Sieg Heil will usually get the job done, because there is some elements of truth there and it hurts.


54 posted on 06/23/2006 10:33:25 PM PDT by staytrue (Moonbat conservatives-those who would rather have the democrats win.)
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To: Fiji Hill
For one thing, Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Secretary of State and probably the number two man in the Confederate government, was Jewish.

Indeed, sir! Two of the Confederacy's twenty-two senators were Jewish (approx. 9%). I don't believe there were any Jews in the U.S. Senate at the time, but I'd have to check.

Furthermore, the only exclusively Jewish cemetery in the world outside the state of Israel is in Richmond; Shockoe Hill commemorates Jewish Confederate veterans. Its establishment was a collaborative effort between the Hebrew Ladies Memorial Association of Richmond and the United Confederate Veterans, who assisted in fundraising.

At any rate, any comparison between the Confederate States and Nazi Germany is patently ridiculous.

74 posted on 06/24/2006 12:16:09 PM PDT by Texas Mulerider
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To: Fiji Hill
In my previous post to you, I meant to say "exclusively Jewish military cemetery," of course.
75 posted on 06/24/2006 12:21:07 PM PDT by Texas Mulerider
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To: Fiji Hill
It would be more than a century before the US would appoint a Jewish Secretary of State.

Upper-crusty antisemitism didn't get going until the 1870's in the U.S. Not sure where it came from, or why, but I recall reading that its first manifestations were in resort society in upstate New York back then.

Although U.S. Grant did issue some restrictive regulations (with harsh comments) on Jewish business agents who followed the Army around the South.

101 posted on 06/24/2006 10:21:51 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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